Tag Archives: school fees

In a chilling turn of events, the commencement of the second term of the academic calendar has brought forth not only the anticipation of learning but also the burden of school fees for many parents. However, one father in Namayingo District has shocked the community by resorting to a horrifying act when confronted with his daughter’s plea for financial support. ...

Experts have warned that private schools will find it quite difficult to abide by government directives concerning school fees. Apparently, the directive barring them from hiking fees won’t be followed if the statutory instrument is not in place. A lawyer, Michael Aboneka recently said that circulars and warnings will simply not cut it since they are not a law. Aboneka ...

President Museveni recently asked Universal Primary and Secondary Education schools headteachers to stop asking for fees from learners. He said this act distorts government’s plan of promoting human resource development. This plan is apparently needed for implementing the social-economic transformation agenda in the country. “Let’s agree on the strategy that the route to socio-economic transformation is to remove obstacles that ...

There is hardly any good samaritan left in the world yet there are millions of poor children sleeping out on the streets of major cities across the world. Their reasons differ from one to another. While some children are mesmerized by the promise of excitement and freedom, the majority are just desperate to survive. Often by the realization that they ...

The minister of state for Primary Education, Joyce Moriku Kaducu while in Parliament said school owners should allow students to sit for their Uganda National Examination Board papers. She said this ahead of primary finals coming up on the 8th and 9th of November 2022. “Once a child (candidate) is registered, results are obtained online, but we have taken it ...